🤖 Robotics
Robots can do hard, dangerous and repetitive tasks 24/7 and they are fast getting more advanced and helpful.
This Light-based Nervous System Helps Robots ‘Feel’
Last night, way past midnight, I stumbled onto my porch blindly grasping for my keys after a hellish day of international travel. Lights were low, I was half-asleep, yet my hand grabbed the keychain, found the lock, and opened the door. If you’re rolling your eyes—yeah, it’s
AI and Robotics Are Transforming Disaster Relief
During the past 50 years, the frequency of recorded natural disasters has surged nearly five-fold. In this blog, I’ll be exploring how converging exponential technologies [https://singularityhub.com/2017/12/29/what-are-the-6-ds-of-exponential-organizations/] (AI [https://singularityhub.com/tag/artificial-intelligence/], robotics [https://singularityhub.com/tag/robotics/], drones [https://singularityhub.com/tag/
These $10 Sensor-Packed Gloves Could Give Robots a Sense of Touch
Machines are mastering vision [https://singularityhub.com/2019/01/28/can-ai-tell-the-difference-between-a-polar-bear-and-a-can-opener/] and language [https://singularityhub.com/2012/05/15/let-the-computer-talk-speech-synthesis-is-giving-machines-the-chance-to-have-their-voices-heard/] , but one sense they’re lagging behind on is touch. Now researchers have created a sensor-laden glove for just $10 and recorded the most comprehensive tactile dataset to date, which